{"id":3278745,"date":"2025-03-28T14:05:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T17:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=3278745"},"modified":"2025-03-28T14:05:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T17:05:52","slug":"interview-theatre-unb-presents-oscar-wildes-an-ideal-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/interview-theatre-unb-presents-oscar-wildes-an-ideal-husband","title":{"rendered":"Interview: Theatre UNB presents Oscar Wilde’s “An Ideal Husband”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some things are universal throughout time, like political aspirations and those who prey on them.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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For the last play of the season, Theatre UNB is staging a production of Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband<\/em>. Joining me is John Ball<\/strong> (director; professor & acting Chair of the Department of English at UNB), Shannon Munn<\/strong> (actor: “Mrs. Cheveley”) and James Gwathmey<\/strong> (actor: “Sir Robert Chiltern”). We talk about this lesser-known political dramedy of Oscar Wilde’s body of work, the delights and challenges in playing political characters, and the relevancy of a play published over a century ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband<\/em> will be staged from April 3 through the 6th at 7:30pm nightly at Memorial Hall<\/strong> on campus. <\/p>\n

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For the last play of the season, Theatre UNB is staging a production of Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband. Joining me is John Ball (director; professor & acting Chair of the Department of English at UNB), Shannon Munn (actor: “Mrs. Cheveley”) and James Gwathmey (actor: “Sir Robert Chiltern”). <\/p>\n

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